Several sectors of public and private life will be on strike on January 31st and February 1sr 2013, with hospitals working on emergency staff and public transport passengers to face some problems. Buses: 24h strike TrainOSE trains and Proastiakos: 24h strike (therefore metro up to <Doukissis Plakentias> station, not up/from …
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Athens: Trolley, Train-OSE, Proastiakos suspend strike, Buses continue, Jan 28/2013
UPDATE: workers at trolley, Train-OSE and Proastiakos suspended their strikes on Monday afternoon. However, it is not known when exactly they will resume full operation schedule. Blue bus workers to take decision tomorrow, Tuesday, at 11 a.m. With Proastiakos in operation, passengers to/from Athens aiport can use the metro again …
Read More »Athens public transport partly resumed: bus, trolley, trains on strike, Jan 28-29/2013
Operation of public transport means partly resumed in Athens, with metro, tram and urban train workers to have stopped their strikes after ‘civil mobilization’ order by the Greek government. However, passengers are still in trouble as bus, trolley, proastiakos and trains workers have launched strikes until next Tuesday. Blue bus,/trolley: …
Read More »Athens Metro, urban train, tram on strike & work stoppage, Jan 23/2013
Despite courts declaring the strikes at Athens Metro as ‘illegal’, the union of the Metro workers decided to continue their protest and launch a new 24-hour strike on Wednesday, January 23rd 2013. On the same day workers at urban train ISAP/HSAP and the tram will stage a work stoppage form …
Read More »Athens Metro, Urban Train, Tram: Strikes & Work Stoppages, Jan 21-22/2013
Workers at Athens metro will continue their protest with a new 24-hour strike on Monday, January 21st, 2013. Urban train ISAP/HSAP and the tram will operate only form 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. On Tuesday, workers at the three public transport means will launch a work stoppage form 12 o’ clock noon until …
Read More »Athens: Metro, Urban Train HSAP, Tram on 24h strike, Jan 18/2013
Workers at Athens Metro, urban train ISAP (HSAP) and tram will launch a 24-hour strike on Friday, January 18th 2013. For the Metro it will be the second consequent strike day. Workers demand to be exempted from the new collective payroll for civil servants. However Minister of Development rejected their demands. …
Read More »Man gets electrocuted as he tries to steal Proastiakos train cables
A Roma man was electrocuted and died on the spot as he tried to steal cables from the Proastiakos train rails. The tragic incident occurred in the early morning hours of Friday in Menidi area of eastern Athens. According to Greek media, the man, 35, died as he was trying to …
Read More »Athens Metro & Urban Train ISAP 24h strike, Jan 1/2013
Workers at Athens Metro and urban train ISAP (HSAP) will launch a 24-hour strike on January 1st 2013. Workers oppose wages cuts, personnel transfer and lay offs. It’s the first strike of the new troubled year 2013.
Read More »Athens Metro, Tram, Urban Train, Trains & Proastiakos: Work-Stoppage & Strike (Dec19/20/2012)
Workers at Athens Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP (HSAP) will launch a work stoppage on December 19th and a 24-hour strike on December 20th 2012. The work stoppage will take place from 5-9 a.m. on Wednesday, the day private sector union ADEDY has called for a strike. The workers …
Read More »Athens: Metro and Urban Train on 24h Strike, Nov 2/2012
Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train (ISAP/HSAP) will launch a 24-hour strike on Friday, November 2nd 2012. The workers protest the privatization bill that passed on Wednesday through the Parliament and the austerity package of 13.5 billion euro.
Read More »Dog Trainer Giulia (Giu) Philippoy-Corleone: A Marvelous Woman Killed in a Car Accident
I am paralyzed. I am not able to recover from the shock: Giulia Philippoy-Corleone is not among us anymore. Giu – as her friends called her – was killed in a traffic accident on September 12th 2012 in Keratea, in the west of Athens. Her family and friends are now desperately seeking …
Read More »Athens: Metro, Tram, Urban Train-ISAP on 24h Strike, Sept 20/2012
Workers at Athens Metro, Tram and Urban Train (ISAP/HSAP) will launch a 24-hour strike on September 20th 2012. However they leave the possibility open for a change in the date, should their colleagues in blue buses and trolleys decide to launch similar actions. With the strike, workers in Athens public transport …
Read More »Israel Considers Leasing or Buying a Greek Island as Training Area for IDF
This could be a much more lucrative deal for Greeks than leasing an uninhabited island to some investors who wants to build a touristic paradise in the Aegean or the Ionian Sea. Then, there can be many island paradises, but training area for Israel Defense Forces is surely very rare. Israel saw …
Read More »Athens: Metro, Urban Train-HSAP on Work Stoppage, Jul 24/12
Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train HSAP launch a work stoppage from 11:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. on July 24th 2012. The workers protest the detention of one of their colleagues, a train driver. According to Skai TV, a man fell in the rail lines last night, the driver of the …
Read More »Athens: Urban Train-HSAP Workers 4h Work Stoppage, July 17/2012
Workers at urban train HSAP have decided to postpone their work stoppage from July 12th to July 17th 2012 due to the heat wave that grips Greece in general and Athens in particular. The work stoppagewill take place from 12 noon until 04:00 p.m. in the afternoon. The workers describe their mobilizations …
Read More »Athens: Metro, Tram, Urban Train Work Stoppage, Mar 28/12
Workers at the Metro, the Tram and the Urban Train (HSAP) will launch a warning four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, March 28th 2012. The work stoppage will take place from 11 am to 3 pm. The workers demand the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement and warn that there would …
Read More »Athens: Metro, Tram, Urban Train on 24h Strike, Mar 1/12
Workers at Athens Metro, Urban Train HSAP and the Tram will launch a 24-hour strike on March 1, 2012. Workers at Public Transport means oppose the new austerity measures, that ‘cancel the rights of workers’ said their unions in a statement.
Read More »Athens METRO & Urban Train on Strike, Sept 2
Hardly is the summer vacations period over and strikes started to hit Greece or correctly to say… the residents and tourists in Athens. The Metro and the Urban Train HSAP are on a 24-hours strike on Friday, September 2nd 2011. The workers oppose the employees’ transfers as scheduled by the bill …
Read More »Athens: Urban Train HSAP on Strike, Jun 3
Workers at Athens Urban Train (HSAP) will launch a 24h strike on Friday, June 3, 2011. Not that HSAP functions properly in days without a strike with the non-stop ‘renovation works’… However it’s good to know that the whole line will be on hold, so better choose an alternative public …
Read More »Athens: Urban Train/HSAP Work Stoppage, May 5
Urban Train-HSAP employees will be on work stoppage, tomorrow THursday, May 5, 2011. There will be no urban trains from 12:00 noon until 04:00 p.m. The employees are holding a meeting to decide about further actions as they protest the mandadory employees’ transfers to other departments.
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